Elastic supporting device.



Patented December 15, 1903.

PATENT OFEIcE.

AUGUST KLUMPP, OF MUNICH, GERMANY.

ELASTlO SUPPORTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,848, dated December 15, 1903.

Application filed February 14. 1903. Serial No. 143,425. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST KLUMPP,'merchant, a citizen of Bavaria, Germany, residing at Munich,'Bavaria, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elastic Supporting Devices; and I do herebydeclare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the inventiop, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to'improvements in elastic means of suspension or support for timepieces and the like in vehicles and in other positions subject to jar and vibration, and has for its object to dispense with the tension-springs or india-rubber bands hitherto used for such purposes.

In the present arrangement the timepiece will be suspended or. supported by flexionspringssuch as bow-springs, flat springs made of steel plates, steel wires, wood laths, and the likeof such a size and shape as to secure a yielding in all directions.

In the annexed drawings, Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, illustrate difierent arrangements of springs or groups of springs adapted to the desired purpose, while Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate details of construction.

In all of the figures the article supported, in this instance a timepiece, is denoted by the reference-letter a and the springs by the reference-letter b. In all of the embodiments represented the vibrations, concussions, jolts, and the like to which vehicles are subjected are absorbed and rendered harmless by the springs, so that it is impossible for the motion to be injuriously transmitted to the delicate mechanism of the clock or the like.

In some constructionsas, for instance, in those shown in Figs. 2 and 3the springs may be arranged in such a manner that they areattached neither to the casing Within which the timepiece is disposed nor, to the timepiece, but are disposed loosely in said casing.

The springs Whose ends intersect each otheras, for instance, those inFig. 3-may be either cut out suitably at the crossingpoints in order to-let pass the one end through or over the other end, or when using steel wires or steel laces the two intersecting parts may pass one over the other; but obviously any other suitable arrangement may be also used for said purpose.

I claim as my invention 1'. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, of a spring bearing against said support and having intersecting portions adapted to receive within the angle formed by such intersection a timepiece or similar article.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, of acurved spring bearing against said support and haviugintersecting portions adapted to receive Within the angle formed by such in tersection a timepiece or similar article.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, of a plurality of springs bearing against said support and having intersecting portions adapted to receive within the angles formed by such intersections a timepiece or similar article.

4. In a device of the character described, the combinatiou,-with a suitable support, of a plurality of curved springs bearing against said support and having-intersecting portions adapted to receive within the angle formed by such intersection a timepiece or similar article.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, or a spring suspended from said support and having intersecting portions adapted to receive within the angle formed by such intersection a-timepiece or similar article.

6 In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, of a curved spring suspended from said support and having intersecting portions adapted to receive within the angle formed by such intersection a timepiece or similar article.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, of a plurality of springs suspended from said support and having intersecting portions adapted to receive within the angles formed by such intersections a timepiece or similar article.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, of a spring bearing against said support and having intersecting portions-adapted to receive within the angle formed by the intersection a timepiece or similar article, the spring being cut away at the point of intersection in order to permit the difierent portions to lie in substantially the same plane.

9. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, of a curved spring bearing against said support and having intersecting portions adapted to receive withinthe angle formed thereby a timepiece or similar article, the spring being cut away at the point of intersection in order to permit the different portions to lie in substantially the same plane.

10. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, of a plurality of springs bearing against said support and having intersecting portions adapted to receive within the angles formed by such intersections a timepiece or similar article, the springs being cut away at the point of intersection in order to permit the intersecting portions to lie in substantially the same plane.

11. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a suitable support, of a plurality of curved springs bearing against said support and having intersecting portions adapted to receive within the angles formed by such intersection a timepiece or similar article, the springs being cut away at the point of intersection in order to permit the intersecting portions to lie in substantially thesame plane.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUST KLUMPP.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. BOWMAN, CLARA I. PARKER. 

